White House slams ad showing Obama-Chavez "kiss"

[hue]

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An advertising campaign that depicts President Barack Obama kissing two male world leaders on the mouth drew a critical response from the White House on Thursday.

"The White House has a longstanding policy disapproving of the use of the president's name and likeness for commercial purposes," said White House Spokesman Eric Schultz.

The "Unhate" campaign for Italian clothing firm Benetton showed various world leaders kissing, including Obama lip-locked with Chinese President Hu Jintao and Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, a longtime Washington adversary.
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[Guy Whitey Corngood]

1. That's a "slam"? I guess I must have a different definition. I'm not addressing the OP but the

person who used the word in the original article.

[ZombieHorde]

2. Funny. nt

[rfranklin]

3. Its a shame they can sell their crappy overpriced clothing with these ads...

which are only designed to make their product seem hip.

[Lost-in-FL]

4. Benetton is so 1980.

Somehow they keep recycling the same theme too. Didn't they did so with Gorbachev?

[Demeter]

5. Yeah, You Want to Use the Prez for Commercial Purposes--You Gotta Pay Through The Nose

besides, Chavez has better taste than that.

[iamthebandfanman]

6. More proof most conservatives

are in the closet ;)

[fascisthunter]

7. boy, they know how to play this admin

"quick... prove how far to the right you... or else!"

pathetic

[Courtesy Flush]

8. THIS is what they choose to speak up about? Oy! nt

[ejbr]

9. I agree

him kissing Sarkozy would have been hotter.

[stockholmer]

10. My God, Help Me to Survive This Deadly Love

Bruderkuß, Dmitri Vladimirovich Vrubel, Berlin

[alp227]

11. What did the Bush WH say about this photo